18 month old teething?

[Ros2023]

My 18 month old is currently not having a great time. For the past week or so she’s been crying a lot, really whingey, she seems a lot more tired and and her sleep has been terrible and all out of whack,
i gave her some orange segments yesterday and she cried when eating them so I’m wondering if the citrus in them was hurting her gums?
she actually slept okay last night which is a miracle ! She’s been awake 2 hours and she’s sleeping again.
she doesn’t have a temperature but she’s just so tired miserable and upset!
is anyone else’s baby like this when teething?
she’s been having calpol and I think it has seemed to help.

Get her ears checked. It might be an ear infection.

Might be teething. My DD really suffered during teething.

I’ve got her an appointment this afternoon to get her checked just incase. I did think an ear infection too.
thank you. It’s so hard for them when they’re teething xx

If it is teeth then we found that ibuprofen was more effective for DD. She’d get a better sleep at night with ibuprofen because she’d get about 6 hours relief. Paracetamol would only be 4 hours then she’d be awake and crying in pain. Of course the number of doses per 24 hrs is different between the two pain relievers. Each tooth was a week of hell for her, me and DH.

If you can still get proper pain relieving teething gel then try some of that on her gums 15 mins or so before eating. Made a world of difference. My country has banned the good ones now, or hugely restricted their availability.

her ears, throat, temperature have been checked by a doctor and checked for a rash etc and she seems okay so I think it could be teething. I have some ibuprofen at the ready.
she’s really suffering the poor thing. Teething is the worst!